Coca


[koh-kuh] /ˈkoʊ kə/

noun
1.
a shrub, Erythroxylon coca, native to the Andes, having simple, alternate leaves and small yellowish flowers.
2.
the dried leaves of this shrub, which are chewed for their stimulant properties and which yield and other alkaloids.
[koh-kuh] /ˈkoʊ kə/
noun
1.
Imogene, 1908–2001, U.S. comic actress.
/ˈkəʊkə/
noun
1.
either of two shrubs, Erythroxylon coca or E. truxiuense, native to the Andes: family Erythroxylaceae
2.
the dried leaves of these shrubs and related plants, which contain cocaine and are chewed by the peoples of the Andes for their stimulating effects
n.

South American plant, 1570s, from Spanish coca, from Quechua cuca, which is perhaps ultimately from Aymara, a native language of Bolivia.

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